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The
Seventeenth Highland Light Infantry.
The Seventeenth
Highland Light Infantry
(Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Battalion).
Record of War Service,
1914-1918.
GLASGOW:
DAVID J. CLARK, 23 ROYAL EXCHANGE SQUARE AND 92 UNION STREET.
1920.
EDITORS' PREFACE.ToC
In compiling and editing this history of the Chamber of CommerceBattalion, the aim of the editors has been to present such a narrativeas will provide a detailed but not overburdened account of theBattalion's movements and operations throughout the years of itsexistence, and at the same time give a representative impression ofthe various outstanding events which have built up the character andthe traditions of the unit.
In accordance with the wishes of the History Committee, the narrativedealing with Field service has been kept within the limits of theBattalion's share in the campaign, and accordingly no attempt has beenmade to give any picture of the relative positions of the variousother units operating with the 17th, or of the general strategicimport of the actions described.
The chapters dealing with the beginnings and home training, and thosegeneral items in Part III. are founded mainly upon matter supplied byofficers of the unit and members of The Outpost staff. The Roll oforiginal members in Part IV. has been gathered together by Lieut. andQuarter-Master Kelly. The material in the section dealing with theservice of the Battalion overseas has been gathered from the followingsources:—
For data—the Official War Diaries of the 17th Battalion H.L.I.preserved in the "Records" Office, Hamilton; supplementary notessupplied by Lieut.-Cols. Morton and Paul and Major Paterson, D.S.O.,M.C.; Brigade and Battalion Operation Orders; Battalion OperationReports.
For impressions, opinions, and descriptions—numerous and exceedinglyhelpful literary vignettes from members of The Outpost staff andothers, and from interviews.
The Editors desire to record their appreciation of materialcontributed and help given by:—Lieut.-Col. Morton, Lieut.-Col. Paul,Lieut.-Col. Inglis, Major Paterson, the Rev. A. Herbert Gray, C.F.,Ca